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Optical model for multilayer structures with coherent, partly coherent and incoherent layers |
Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue S2, pp. A262-A267 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.00A262
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Abstract
We present a novel approach for modeling the reflectance, transmittance and absorption depth profile of thin-film multilayer structures such as solar cells. Our model is based on the net-radiation method adapted for coherent calculations and is highly flexible while using a simple algorithm. We demonstrate that as a result arbitrary multilayer structures with coherent, partly coherent and incoherent layers can be simulated more accurately at much lower computational cost.
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OCIS Codes
(240.0310) Optics at surfaces : Thin films
(350.6050) Other areas of optics : Solar energy
ToC Category:
Thin Films
History
Original Manuscript: November 28, 2012
Revised Manuscript: February 8, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 8, 2013
Published: February 15, 2013
Citation
Rudi Santbergen, Arno H.M. Smets, and Miro Zeman, "Optical model for multilayer structures with coherent, partly coherent and incoherent layers," Opt. Express 21, A262-A267 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-S2-A262
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